13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week

This week, Facebook made a selfie filter app acquisition, Google surprised us with the Android N preview and we ate bugs. Yeah, seriously. Silicon Valley is eating bugs now. These are the tech headlines you don’t want to miss this week.

1. Google unexpectedly announced the Android N Developer Preview — and it’s available as an over-the-air update. Google says the company wanted to release the preview to get more feedback from developers earlier in the process, and get the final N release into the hands of device manufacturers this summer.

2. Awhile ago, Snapchat bought Looksery to supercharge its animated selfie filters. Now Facebook has made an image-filtering acquisition of its own to keep up the messaging pace. MSQRD adds filters to your smartphone videos.

3. The controversial people-rating app Peeple went live, and it has a plan to profit from negative reviews. The app was described as a “Yelp for humans.” That is, you can sign up to leave reviews of anyone you know — from co-workers and bosses to exes and friends.

6. Facebook announced last month that it would be bringing the company’s 360 dynamic streaming to Gear VR to improve experiences. Now, Oculus announced that the Oculus Video app on Gear VR would be incorporating a new Facebook video tab that lets you connect your Facebook and Oculus accounts to bring personalized info to your VR content absorption experience. This will give individual VR users a more custom experience across virtual reality.

13. Silicon Valley produces some truly weird food concepts — like lab-grown hamburgers and Soylent. The latest experiment comes from Exo, a startup selling protein bars made of crickets. Yeah, you heard that right. They just raised a $4 million Series A, so we tried them.